The Art of Moving On

By Charlotte Collins

Life will always find a way to knock you down; what matters is that you keep getting up.

Moving on is a skill. Like all skills, it is learned. Practice takes time, hope is a journey, and acceptance can be hard to find. It takes patience and lots of hard work, but it is always possible. Moving on is an art, and like the best arts, it can never be truly mastered.

The Art of Moving On is an anthology that explores the experiences of growing up through mental illness and bullying. But what is growing up, anyway?

Beginning with a naïve and youthful narrative, the poetry slowly becomes an outlet for feelings that are all too common for youth. Getting over heartbreak, the internal struggles of self-love, depression, anxiety, and accepting who you are. The pages remain as a reminder of all she has been through. As a reminder that she survived. The Art of Moving On exists as a piece to raise awareness on youth mental health, but also as a message of hope to others who have had similar experiences. That self-love is hard, getting over someone is not linear, that depression never truly goes away, but it really does get better. The proof of is in these pages, how it keeps going after the hard days, feelings, and thoughts.

The page will always turn.
There is always a light.

"Say it all,
For I never could.
Tell me, do they hear it?"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5BWN8RX
• ISBN13: 9798309953967
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"